Springsteen, Bruce - Wreck On The Highway Lyrics






Last night I was out driving
Coming home at the end of the working day
I was riding alone through the drizzling rain
On a deserted stretch of a county two-lane
When I came upon a wreck on the highway

There was blood and glass all over
And there was nobody there but me
As the rain tumbled down hard and cold
I seen a young man lying by the side of the road
He cried Mister, won't you help me please

An ambulance finally came and took him to Riverside
I watched as they drove him away
And I thought of a girlfriend or a young wife
And a state trooper knocking in the middle of the night
To say your baby died in a wreck on the highway

Sometimes I sit up in the darkness
And I watch my baby as she sleeps
Then I climb in bed and I hold her tight
I just lay there awake in the middle of the night
Thinking 'bout the wreck on the highway





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  1. 1.... ....

    Best album about girls and cars of all time.

  2. M.... P....

    Grew up with a massive family on the worst stretch of the Quebec/Ontario Highway...severa times that middle of the knight knock came...and we knew why...

  3. R.... S....

    He was so young,so was I when I first heard this song. Love the Boss!

  4. F.... B....

    I became a Bruce fan when my best friend put Born to run in her 'boom box' while we walked down Gloucester beach, Summer nights at the pier. Boys, big hair, cool cars, the boardwalk...Hampton, OOB, the good old days..

  5. K.... F....

    I was listening in the 80s my cousin had witnessed his brother get killed on the highway He moved upstairs in an apartment above me He was visiting As soon as he realized what this song was about He asked me who was singing He borrowed that tape until he moved out Every time I hear this I go back to that time Its amazing but Bruce Springsteen you have had so much impact in my life with ALL your songs I hope I can see you some day YOU ARE THE BOSS ✌💕

    K.... F....

    He had for me too, great story,
    I hope you can see him. AND me some day again. I love all his music and his creativity is so perfect.

    K.... F....

    ╔══╗ ♫ I just lay there awake
    ║██║ ♫ in the middle of the night
    ║██║ ♫ thinking 'bout the wreck
    ╚══╝♫ on the highway 💕

  6. C.... F....

    Quando você vai entender que você é o amor da minha vida? ? Quando você vai entender que sem você não consigo mais viver ? Quando você vai entender que eu te amo querido...Hoje eu te amo mais do que ontem!

    C.... F....

    🙀 Quando você vai entender que eu tenho o google translate .. 💕

  7. D.... P....

    Brilliant..thank you

  8. P.... M....

    I wonder if Roy Scuffs Wreck On The Highway influenced this song.

    P.... M....

    I am almost certain that it was an influence. I cannot confirm this though.

    P.... M....

    gotta be. But I didn't hear nobody Pray.

  9. q.... ....

    I think I heard like forty-thousand people die every year from car wrecks in America alone. Shouldn't we all be dead by now by car accidents?

  10. l.... e....

    ive never heard this song got freakin chills

    l.... e....

    It did that to me too. lol
    So did Price you pay and Fade away, he did such a slow mellow kinda sad love album when he did The River, definitely one of my top favorite albums

  11. W.... R....

    I have been a #1 Bruce Springsteen fan since 1980 when I first heard the complete Born to Run album in college! Keep up the great work Boss. Great song.